Comments on: Why did the vision for public W-Lan networks fail? http://www.mobileforesight.com/2009/06/vision-public-wlan-failure/ Jonas Lind’s blog about innovations, business models, trends, and other things that propel the telecom/media sector forward Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kevin http://www.mobileforesight.com/2009/06/vision-public-wlan-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-975 kevin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:33:08 +0000 http://www.mobileforesight.com/?p=619#comment-975 in the future everyone will end up using wi-fi because someone will create a system that has a duel-feature long range or high capacity. as far as costs go, wi-fi is cheapest in terms of $ per bit of bandwidth. that's what everything will come down to. the business model is there. if you can cover 100 users and charge them $10 per month then that's $1000 per month revenue. The dsl / cable line is only $50 per month. the problem left is technical. lots of multipath and fading decreases range and capacity. a proper system will use these features to it's advantage. in the future everyone will end up using wi-fi because someone will create a system that has a duel-feature long range or high capacity. as far as costs go, wi-fi is cheapest in terms of $ per bit of bandwidth. that’s what everything will come down to.

the business model is there. if you can cover 100 users and charge them $10 per month then that’s $1000 per month revenue. The dsl / cable line is only $50 per month.

the problem left is technical. lots of multipath and fading decreases range and capacity. a proper system will use these features to it’s advantage.

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